I see it will now be filmed at Elstee studios now they have shut television centre, it is as easy to get there by public transport?
It's about 10 mins walk (or a bus ride) from Elstree & Borehamwood station (trains from St Pancras).
I don't think there is any parking facilities for audience members although there are some council pay and display car parks mentioned on various sites although these are not very close by (well certainly not as close as the car park at Westfield was for TVC).
Can anyone remember the number of weeks between the launch show and the start of the show proper last year. I thought it was 3 weeks, but I read this article from Kevin Clifton's local paper in which he says:
I have done a few days of rehearsals already on the group numbers.
There's a few weeks to go to the launch show, where we get paired up with the celebrities.
We get two weeks to train with that celebrity and then on the first show you perform your first number.
That would make the first show the 22nd September. Was it always just 2 weeks?
Can anyone remember the number of weeks between the launch show and the start of the show proper last year. I thought it was 3 weeks, but I read this article from Kevin Clifton's local paper in which he says:
I have done a few days of rehearsals already on the group numbers.
There's a few weeks to go to the launch show, where we get paired up with the celebrities.
We get two weeks to train with that celebrity and then on the first show you perform your first number.
That would make the first show the 22nd September. Was it always just 2 weeks?
Hi soupy.....Might have changed this year...but it was 3 weeks last year...
Can anyone remember the number of weeks between the launch show and the start of the show proper last year. I thought it was 3 weeks, but I read this article from Kevin Clifton's local paper in which he says:
I have done a few days of rehearsals already on the group numbers.
There's a few weeks to go to the launch show, where we get paired up with the celebrities.
We get two weeks to train with that celebrity and then on the first show you perform your first number.
That would make the first show the 22nd September. Was it always just 2 weeks?
I'm sure it was 3 weeks training last year (Fern got docked week due to her previous experience if I remember right).
Last year the launch show was broadcast on the 15th and the first day of training was on Monday 17th, before the first live show was on Friday 6th October. So three weeks between broadcast of launch and live show but a bit less than that, so 'two weeks' is probably a generalisation.
When do we think Strictly Come Dancing will return to our screens this year?
7th September, 14th September, 21st September or 28th September?
My TV black box is not working properly, may need repair, so I've particularly asked the BBC to hold off the start date until my telly black box is repaired - probably 21st September.
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Ah i see thanks
It's about 10 mins walk (or a bus ride) from Elstree & Borehamwood station (trains from St Pancras).
I don't think there is any parking facilities for audience members although there are some council pay and display car parks mentioned on various sites although these are not very close by (well certainly not as close as the car park at Westfield was for TVC).
I have done a few days of rehearsals already on the group numbers.
There's a few weeks to go to the launch show, where we get paired up with the celebrities.
We get two weeks to train with that celebrity and then on the first show you perform your first number.
That would make the first show the 22nd September. Was it always just 2 weeks?
Hi soupy.....Might have changed this year...but it was 3 weeks last year...
I'm sure it was 3 weeks training last year (Fern got docked week due to her previous experience if I remember right).
Thanks both of you, that's how I remember it too
Two weeks doesn't seem enough to me. Maybe Kevin just got it wrong
My TV black box is not working properly, may need repair, so I've particularly asked the BBC to hold off the start date until my telly black box is repaired - probably 21st September.
The first live shows will be Friday/Saturday 27/28 September.
Thank you, these dates are getting closer all the time.
:eek::eek::eek: 11 days !!!! :eek::eek::eek:
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-08-28/strictly-come-dancing-2013-new-series-launch-date-revealed
Time is confirmed by @BBCOne on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/BBCOne/status/372713860521676800
X Factor at 8pm so guess its been brought forward by 10 minutes so the two don't clash.
However it will compete directly with ITV's Stepping Out but it's a no brainer as to who will win that clash.
What competition?.... That's just a different version of Celebrity Big Brother... 'Celebrity Domestic Squabbles Come Prancing' ....